Discover interesting facts and information about each of these Native American Groups and the tribes that belonged to them. Scholars have organised the Native American Indians into to ten primary groups which are separated by location.

The Native American culture groups are categorised as follows:

The Artic Native American Groups

The Sub-Artic Native American groups

The Northwest Coast Native American Groups

Northeast - Eastern Woodlands Indians

The Plateau Native American Groups

The Great Plains Native American Groups

The Great Basin Native American Groups

The Southeast Native American Groups

The Southwest Native American Groups

The California Native American Groups

Native American Groups - Culture GroupsThe culture groups of Native American are categorised according to the divisions of Native American Groups as illustrated on the map and details of the culture of these people living in the areas are detailed below. The groups are categorised as Northwest Native Americans, the Northeast Woodlands Indians, Plateau Indians, Great Basin Native Indians, the Great Plains Indians, the Southwest Indians, the Southeast Native Americans, the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Indians and the Native Americans of California.

Native American Groups - Great Plains GroupThe Great Plains culture group covered the prairies of central North America which was home to many tribes including the Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfoot and Comanche. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Great Plains Indians

Native American Groups: Great Plains Native American Indians Group

Languages: Siouan, Algonquian, Caddoan, Uto-Aztecan and Athabaskan

Geography: There was enough rain for a thick layer of grass, which attracted large herds of grazing animals like the bison (buffalo). There was not enough rain to grow many trees which were only found by rivers

Native American Groups - Northeast GroupThe Northeast culture group covered the Atlantic coast from Canada to North Carolina and the tribes of the Erie, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Cayuga, Oneida, Menominee, Pequot, Delaware, Fox, Shawnee and Wampanoag. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Northeast Woodland Indians

Native American Groups - Northwest Group The Northwest culture group covered dense forest and mountains and the tribes of Haida, Chinook, Eyak, Coast Salish, Tlingit, Tillamook and Chimakum people. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Northwest Coast Native Americans

Native American Groups - Southeast GroupThe Southeast culture group covered north of the Gulf of Mexico and the 'five civilised tribes' of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole people. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Southeast Native Americans

Native American Groups - Southwest Group The Southwest culture group covered the massive desert region and the tribes of the Hopi, Zuni, Yuam, Apache and Navajo people. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Southwest Native Americans

Native American Groups - Great Basin Group The Great Basin culture group covered deserts, salt flats and brackish lakes and the tribes of Bannock, Paiute and Ute. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Great Basin Indians

Native American Groups: Great Basin Native American Indians - the Desert culture

Languages: Shoshonean and Uto-Aztecan (Numic)

Geography of the State of Great Basin Indians: Deserts, salt flats and brackish lakes

Animals: Sheep, squirrels, rabbits, deer, antelope, bison (buffalo)

Natural Resources: Sagebrush, grasslands, seeds, roots

Culture and Lifestyle adopted: Nomadic Hunter gatherers

Art: Basket making

Housing: Hogans

Tribes of Great Basin Native American Indians: Bannock, Paiute and Ute

Native American Groups

Native American Groups - California Group The Californian culture group was home to tribes such as the Hokan, Maidu, Miwok, Pomo, Chumash and Serrano people. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: California Native Americans

Native American Groups - Plateau Group The Plateau culture group included the tribes of Klamath, Modoc, Nez Perce, Walla Walla and Yakama people. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Plateau Indians

Native American Groups - Arctic GroupThe Arctic group culture group included Alaska, Canada and Greenland and the tribes of Aleut and Inuit people who both spoke the Eskimo Aleut language. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Arctic Indians

Native American Groups: Native American Arctic Indians

Languages: Eskimo-Aleut languages and Athabascan

Geography of the State of Arctic Indians: Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Flat, cold and treeless, tundra

Native American Groups - Sub-Arctic GroupThe Sub-Arctic group culture covered inland Alaska and Canada and the tribes of Kuchin, Beaver, Cree, Objiway (Chippewa) and the Naskapi. For additional facts and information about this cultural group see: Sub-Arctic Indians